Used to fly at the Bellingham slope all the time... Great slope!! (But not much of a landing) And no real danger in that if the wind was "on" the slope, full scale traffic was taking off (into the wind) from the runway behind you, and always at a much higher altitude than the slope lift allowed you to reach. The only time traffic landed from the direction of the slope was when the wind was from the other direction, and hence, usually, unflyable for us. And in any event, as you said, you could see them coming for miles...
Erich Merkel Colville, WA Phone: 509-684-0440 Cell: 509-680-1141 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:44 PM Subject: Re: close encounters of the aircraft kind: was Re: [RCSE] High Altitude Glider | | > Location is the key. I fly a beach slope which is close to two "training" | > airports. This means it has a steady flow of new, full scale pilots | > showing | > off their new skills but poor judgement. | | The local slope in Bellingham, Wa. is literally about 1/4 Mile from the end | of | the runway of the international airport! It is directly in the landing path | of the | runway!!! The tower is aware of the slope and just told them to stay under | 200ft. | if there is traffic. Traffic is hard to miss because it is coming straight | at you!!!! | This slope has been in use for over 15 years and there has never been an | incident | of any sort. | I was flying on Orcas Island a few years ago at a site that is about 3/4 | mile from the | airport and there was an incident, The full scale pilot was completely at | fault. | He saw us, knew some of the guys flying and he intentionally buzzed the | field at about 300ft. He got close enough to a model to realize the | implications | and then made a complaint to the airport later. | They checked into it, but when they heard the entire story, they verbally | chastized | the full scale guy............ | | Mark Mech | www.aerofoam.com | | RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format | | RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
